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Caster Wheels vs. Spikes

My Tekton Double Impacts came with caster wheels, which made them very easy to move and reposition. They are sitting on probably fake wood floors in my apartment. They sound great now, but I can't help but wonder if I'm leaving SQ on the table by not having them on spikes. Some people say I must use spikes, others (including Erik Alexander) say wheels are just fine. They are super heavy so the wheels are not easy to take off. I want to make sure it's worth doing. What are your experiences and thoughts?
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wspohn
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My Wilsons weigh in at over 400 lbs. a side. I replaced the factory supplied casters, which had started to break down, with heavy duty commercial parts and opted to leave them on rather than spike them (lifting the speakers to install spikes is fraught with hazard and the likelihood that you will slightly change the alignment and be unable to correct that easily).  Wood floors.

OTOH, my big Vandersteens do sound better with spikes, so YMMV.
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georgehifi5 ,  The Vibrapod are well design (compare to the sorbotan footer) and not expensive and very effective on my suspended floor, but if the  sorbotan footer do the job, why not.
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lwal22
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Herbies sliders have given me by far the best results on several different floor structures. For my Arias they were an immediate improvement without a doubt. 
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douglas_schroeder1,918 posts
06-04-2019 7:03pm
"Oh, you are SO losing out by using casters! The difference is OBVIOUS. No true audiophile would use casters! Once you hear spikes you will NEVER want to go back!

Hey, wait! I put casters on the Vapor Audio Joule White speakers! Nevermind. ;)

No one here has figured out the most important variable between spikes and casters. "

Indeed ^^^
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bryhifi, glad you enjoyed the humor.  :)  

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